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with our girl at the edges of the autism spectrum

Monday, August 09, 2010

Best. Time. Ever.

Two weekends back the sweet girl and I had

the.
best.
time.
ever.

She had a Pokémon date with a wonderful boy whom we'll call Hank.

And I had a lovely visit with Hank's mom, whom I'll call Kate.

Hank's the same age as Sweet M and has a similar series of diagnoses. They're both quirky kids with PDD-NOS-ish profiles.

We arrived at Hank and Kate's apartment around 2:30 on a Sunday afternoon. Sweet M and Hank wandered off to his room, and emerged about two hours later having watched Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, played a couple of videogames, and traded Pokémon cards. M was thrilled to have some French Pokémon cards to add to her English collection.

Meanwhile, Kate and I spent two hours catching up on all sorts of autism parenting and others news. We had a glass of wine and some wasabi snack treats. It was like having a normal life. It felt exactly like having a normal life.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not advocating normalism. But it is so great to have your kid wander off into another room and hang out with another kid — happy, engaged, and sociable. There is no question that our kids are sociable — they've just been waiting to find kids they want to sociable with!

MOM-NOS has written a must-read post about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorders at Hopeful Parents. The takeaway ...

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